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West Asia
Palestinians Celebrate For UN Vote Granting Palestine Non-Member Status
Palestinians watch a display screen broadcasting President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Nov. 29, 2012. The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from “entity” to “non-member state”. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani> Palestinians celebrate for…
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Ban Ki-moon Meets With Israeli Foreign Minister In UN Headquarters
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, shakes hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a photo session before their meeting at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. <AP Photo/Richard Drew>
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President Of COP18/ CMP8 Speaks At Youth Day Celebration In Doha, Qatar
President of the COP18/CMP8 Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah speaks to youth delegates as part of Youth Day at the Qatar National Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 29, 2012. <Xinhua>
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Preparing for the end of the Afghan war
International combat operations in Afghanistan, now involving mostly U.S. troops, are to come to a formal end at the close of 2014, at roughly 13 years by far America’s longest-running war. The families of the returning troops will be delighted to see them come home; the rest of the country…
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Egypt’s Assembly Members Discuss New Constitution Despite People’s Opposition
Members of Egypt’s Constitutional Assembly discuss during the voting session on a new draft constitution at the Shoura Assembly in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 29, 2012. Egypt’s Constitutional Assembly (CA) members scheduled to vote Thursday on the draft constitution, despite of objections and big demonstrations against the assembly. <Xinhua/STR>
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Officials Of Egypt’s Highest Appeal Court To Suspend Work In Protest To President’s Bid To have Absolute Power
Egyptian protesters sit next to tents in Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Egyptian state television says the country’s highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president’s decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers. Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir…
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Owners Of Kabul Bank Send Huge Amount Of Money Out Of War-Torn Afghanistan Illegally
In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo, Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. A new report offers previously undisclosed details about how the owners of Kabul Bank and their friends and relatives got rich off $861million in fraudulent loans _ a…
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More Than 600,000 Land Mines Planted By Turkey Along 900-Kilometer Border With Syria
In this June 17, 2010 file photo land mine experts work in mined land in the Karkemish archaeological site at the Turkey-Syria border in Gaziantep province, Turkey. Starting in the 1950s, Turkish forces planted more than 600,000 U.S.-made “toe poppers” _ mines designed to maim, not kill _ and other…
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